Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IP Phone 7940
CVE-2006-0179

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Key Information:

Vendor: Cisco
Status: Ip Phone 7940
Vendor: CVE Published:; 11 January 2006

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 12%

What is CVE-2006-0179?

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by remote attackers sending a flood of TCP SYN packets to arbitrary ports, including port 80. This can lead to a service disruption, rendering the device inoperable until it is rebooted. Network administrators should implement appropriate measures to safeguard their devices against such SYN flood attacks.

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Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

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CVE-2006-0179 - Proof of Concept